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ESSENTIAL SNAPSHOT: C&E/SE Europe - Vol. 7, No. 1, 08 Jan 2008
Political & Business Intelligence in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe
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ALBANIA
Albanian socialists aim to regain power in 2009
Southeast European Times - 07 Jan 2008 16:54:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania's ruling party urges small opposition parties to co-operate on key reforms
Southeast European Times - 04 Jan 2008 16:12:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania: Construction of 400 kV Elbasan-Podgorica line underway
Reporter.gr - 02 Jan 2008 13:47:03 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania: OST starts implementation of EUR 51.5 mln projects
Reporter.gr - 31 Dec 2007 11:06:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Albania's FM stripped of immunity, faces charges
Serbianna - 29 Dec 2007 16:22:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BELARUS
Year 2008 will not be easy for Belarus - Lukashenko
Interfax - 07 Jan 2008 18:01:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Belarus turns the screw on opposition, U.S. objects
Reuters - 04 Jan 2008 18:30:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Belarus to buy Russian gas at $119 per 1,000 cubic meters in 1Q
Budapest Business Journal - 02 Jan 2008 07:47:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Belarus threatens to kick U.S. ambassador out over broader sanctions
International Herald Tribune - 30 Dec 2007 20:55:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Belarus won't pay with state property for Russian loan - Lukashenko
RIA Novosti - 30 Dec 2007 14:27:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Mercator to Buy Bosnian Omega's Retail Units
flex-news-food.com - 08 Jan 2008 08:49:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
BiH prime minister-designate asks parties to submit ministerial candidates
Southeast European Times - 07 Jan 2008 16:54:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Bosnia More of Threat Than Kosovo
www.seeurope.net - 07 Jan 2008 14:14:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kuzmanovic sworn-in as president of Bosnian Serb Republic
Budapest Business Journal - 31 Dec 2007 11:03:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bosnian Presidency Reappoints Nikola Spiric As PM
Serbianna - 29 Dec 2007 16:22:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

BULGARIA
BULGARIA: Bulgaria Housing Price Growth to Slow in '08
www.seeurope.net - 08 Jan 2008 10:20:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria Named World's Strongest House Price Riser
novinite.com - 06 Jan 2008 16:24:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin, US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez discuss economic cooperation expansion
Radio Bulgaria - 06 Jan 2008 16:14:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria to get EUR 2 bln for trans-border corridor development
Reporter.gr - 04 Jan 2008 14:57:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria: Belene NPP investor, lender to be picked by end-'08
Reporter.gr - 03 Jan 2008 08:02:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Bulgaria: Gov't may create new co for motorway construction
Reporter.gr - 02 Jan 2008 13:47:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

CROATIA
Croatia's ruling coalition expected to sign deal Tuesday
Southeast European Times - 07 Jan 2008 16:55:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU warns Croatia in fishing row
BBC - 06 Jan 2008 11:54:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Five more ethnic minority representatives in Croatia agree to back Sanader cabinet
Southeast European Times - 04 Jan 2008 16:12:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Croatian interior minister's resignation accepted
Southeast European Times - 03 Jan 2008 15:14:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
CROATIA BECOMES THE NEW UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S NON-PERMANENT MEMBER
fena.ba - 03 Jan 2008 13:21:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech hourly wage growth fastest among EU newcomers
Budapest Business Journal - 08 Jan 2008 08:43:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech ODS to push for president to be chosen by secret ballot
Czech Happenings - 06 Jan 2008 16:57:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Defence Ministry hit by corruption scandal
Radio Prague - 04 Jan 2008 20:02:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech CSSD confirms its strongest position - poll
Czech Happenings - 04 Jan 2008 16:50:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Polish, Czech PMs to discuss U.S. missile shield plans next week
RIA Novosti - 04 Jan 2008 15:39:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Czech PM to negotiate U.S. radar base with Bush in February-iHNed
Czech Happenings - 02 Jan 2008 20:07:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

ESTONIA
Ilves blasts currency 'trouble-mongers'
baltictimes.com - 02 Jan 2008 22:37:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 69%
Number of Russian visitors to Estonia almost halves in December
RIA Novosti - 02 Jan 2008 13:27:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

HUNGARY
PRESS: Hungarian developer Ablon to invest EUR 160 mln in building 2,000homes in Romania
Interfax - 08 Jan 2008 10:38:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungarian population: more pessimistic
Budapest Business Journal - 08 Jan 2008 07:41:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungary may follow Ireland
Budapest Business Journal - 08 Jan 2008 07:41:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
PRESS: Hungarian wind energy firm Windcraft to build pilot wind powerplant in 2008
Interfax - 07 Jan 2008 10:49:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Hungarian leaders to join forces
B92 - 03 Jan 2008 12:53:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

LATVIA
Famous Grouse's Glenglassaugh heads East
telegraph.co.uk - 31 Dec 2007 01:11:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 75%

LITHUANIA
Lithuania's environmental protection minister resigns
Interfax - 07 Jan 2008 11:20:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Unholy alliance could spell trouble for Lithuania
baltictimes.com - 02 Jan 2008 22:36:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Lithuanian president for proper relations with Russia
RIA Novosti - 30 Dec 2007 10:35:59 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MACEDONIA
Macedonia intensifies anti-corruption efforts
Southeast European Times - 07 Jan 2008 16:54:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
€45 mln. of state incentive funding for agriculture sector
Makfax - 03 Jan 2008 18:19:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Parliament to debate laws related to EU integration
Makfax - 03 Jan 2008 08:32:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

MOLDOVA
Romania: Transilvania Bank to expand to the Republic of Moldova
Reporter.gr - 08 Jan 2008 08:40:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Misbehave, my son, and you'll be off to Moldova
The Independent - 08 Jan 2008 04:59:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Decision on Kosovo to Be Example for Transdniestria
kommersant.com - 28 Dec 2007 10:52:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%

MONTENEGRO
Montenegro to spend 9.8m euros on army modernisation
Southeast European Times - 04 Jan 2008 16:12:18 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
MONTENEGRO: Montenegro Expects EUR 800 mln in FDI
www.seeurope.net - 04 Jan 2008 00:20:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU eases visa restrictions for five Balkan countries
Southeast European Times - 03 Jan 2008 00:01:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 80%

POLAND
U.S. voices confidence to reach deal with Poland over missile defense
Xinhua - 07 Jan 2008 21:22:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Businessmen happy about Poland
Radio Polonia - 07 Jan 2008 12:29:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Poland signals a shift on U.S. missile shield
International Herald Tribune - 06 Jan 2008 20:49:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
U.S. missile shield may not be built in Poland - Sikorski
RIA Novosti - 05 Jan 2008 16:27:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Poland slips in foreign investor confidence ratings
Radio Polonia - 04 Jan 2008 19:15:36 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Private investors vital to Poland's road building plans
Budapest Business Journal - 03 Jan 2008 11:30:04 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

ROMANIA
ROMANIA: Over 800 km of Motorway to be Built in Romania in 2008
www.seeurope.net - 08 Jan 2008 10:20:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania: Merrill Lynch interested in local energy trading market
Reporter.gr - 08 Jan 2008 08:40:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania challenges EC carbon emissions decision
Southeast European Times - 07 Jan 2008 16:54:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ROMANIA: Prices for Flats in Bucharest to Advance by up to 20% This Year
www.seeurope.net - 07 Jan 2008 06:12:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Romania: KazMunaiGaz plans to invest USD 500 mil in Romeptrol
Reporter.gr - 04 Jan 2008 14:11:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
PRESS: Dubai-based Fortune Group to enter Romanian property market withbillion-euro projects
Interfax - 02 Jan 2008 23:02:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SERBIA
EU presidency backs accord with Serbia
Reuters - 08 Jan 2008 09:57:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
"Efforts to separate Kosovo deeply distressing"
B92 - 08 Jan 2008 08:59:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 93%
Serbia's Djelic insists Serbia will sign SAA if invited by EU
Southeast European Times - 07 Jan 2008 16:55:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
SERBIA: Delta Was Biggest Scandal in 2007
www.seeurope.net - 07 Jan 2008 06:12:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kostunica's party to support Ilic for Serbian president
Southeast European Times - 04 Jan 2008 16:12:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbian PM faces EU with tough call
Budapest Business Journal - 04 Jan 2008 07:17:56 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbian surplus in CEFTA market at $1.23 billion - extended
Budapest Business Journal - 03 Jan 2008 12:49:09 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia to get €190.9 mln EU assistance in 2008
Budapest Business Journal - 03 Jan 2008 07:48:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia set to sell 750 enterprises this year
Makfax - 02 Jan 2008 15:17:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Serbia: Gazprom offers EUR 400 mil for NIS majority stake
Reporter.gr - 02 Jan 2008 11:57:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SLOVAKIA
Slovakia: Foreign investors fill space in Nitra industrial parks
Budapest Business Journal - 04 Jan 2008 12:27:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovak MOL asset penalized
Budapest Business Journal - 03 Jan 2008 07:32:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovakia Says U.S. Can Maker Mulls 95 Million Euro FDI
flex-news-food.com - 03 Jan 2008 00:27:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

SLOVENIA
Slovenia: CPO investigating Mercator
Reporter.gr - 07 Jan 2008 11:32:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovenia: Three bidders submit bids for Telekom Slovenije
Reporter.gr - 07 Jan 2008 09:05:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovenia to spend € 60 M in EU's chair
Radio Bulgaria - 02 Jan 2008 17:53:01 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Balkan Focus For Slovenia's EU Presidency
rferl.org - 02 Jan 2008 13:20:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Slovenia begins EU presidency
International Herald Tribune - 01 Jan 2008 19:22:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UKRAINE
Ukrainian president urges revival of Christian values
ITAR-TASS - 07 Jan 2008 12:39:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Yushchenko signed State budget 2008
forUm - 04 Jan 2008 00:17:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Naftogaz of Ukraine near bankruptcy
top.rbc.ru - 03 Jan 2008 14:08:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ukraine: PM vows to maintain normal gas supply for domestic, foreign customers
Budapest Business Journal - 03 Jan 2008 07:32:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Analysts: Tymoshenko govt in for hard year
Interfax - 01 Jan 2008 14:52:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 96%
Ukraine parliament approves 2008 budget
Budapest Business Journal - 31 Dec 2007 11:03:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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